After being sent home the day before, former secretary of state Colin Powell today testified at the Ted Stevens corruption trial.
Turns out, Powell loves him some Sen. Toobz. He said of Stevens: he’s a "trusted individual" with a "sterling" reputation. "He was someone whose word you could rely on."
The former secretary of state said he had known Stevens for 25 years, mostly in the senator’s role as the top defense appropriator on the Senate Appropriations Committee. In Stevens, "I had a guy who would tell me when I was off base, he would tell me when I had no clothes on, figuratively, that is, and would tell me when I was right and go for it," Powell said. "He’s a guy who, as we said in the infantry, we would take on a long patrol."
After Stevens’ defense offered up a list of 10 witnesses, the presiding judge said he would allow 5 to appear on Sen. Stevens’ behalf. Sen. Daniel Inouye appeared yesterday and Powell appeared today.
Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. Orrin Hatch, former Transportation Sec. William Coleman, former D.C. council member John Ray, Olympic medalist and sportscaster Donna DeVerona and WW2 veteran friend Leroy Parramore are a few of the witnesses that may yet appear.
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Mobile weapons laboratories.
Vials of anthrax.
Ted Stevens.
Yeah — Colin Powell is the guy I’d go to for a letter of recommendation. I wonder if he was paid an appearance fee by Uncle Toobz’s defense counsel?
I’m flabbergasted at the support for Stevens; I guess “the establishment” is so used to the perks of power they have no idea how wrong it is.
Colon Powell is dead to me now.
twolf! Awesome graphic.
I’m seriously pissed at Sen. Inouye’s appearance, it’s not going over big here in the Isles…!
Can the prosecution cross examine Powell? All they’d need to do is play that UN speech.
Digg it!
er, Digg it!
Powell is quite a piece of ‘work’.
‘Pathetic’ Powell races to the ‘rescue’.
Is Colin Powell Presidential Timber?
Wanna bet he doesn’t go away? Ever?
What’s are the locals saying?
or they just don’t care
Well, Mr. Powell, it appears your BFF you’ve known for 25 years isn’t the guy you thought him to be: HE’S A CROOK. This brings me to my other point….I guess you can understand Barack Obama then when he knew Rev. Wright for 20 years and realized he didn’t know everything about him.
Gee!
COLIN POWELL FLASHBACK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMAguqSeRrE
Ah yes! Fascism was alive and well on that day!
OT:
Paulson just spoke.
G7 paper on meeting released as well.
Per Krugman: Will buy into assets (stocks, prefered shares whatever) of banks, will not yet say garuntee inter-bank lending. G7 statement weak.
Still much buzz of total collapse. Per Roubini still potential for global financial meltdown (aka no elections and the terror that goes with this).
The real fear has not even hit yet, they better wake the f up very soon.
Jesus, McCain just went off the edge. His crowds are crazy. Are you seeing the crowds. The woman just called him an Arab right 4 feet from McCains face.
Gawd, his own crowd want Palin. I think Naomi might be right.
Colon Powell is a Bush Toady.
Colon Powell spreads his cheeks for his masters.
Did the General produce more aluminum toobs?
and reddit
nice work twolf1!
“I have here in my hand a vial of Anthrax. Well, OK, it’s not Anthrax. But I’m going to pretend it is Anthrax. I can do that. Because, you know, I’m Colin Powell.”
Elliott, your reddit link leads to “there doesn’t seem to be anything here”
???
Why would we again believe the know Liar Powell? So sad.
Correction: “the known Liar”
McCain believes that the frenzy will carry him into the White House.
He loves him some race-baiting mouth breathers. They are his true
constituancy.
Powell’s reputation is somewhat tainted by his role in the fraudulent presentation to the UN leading up to the Iraq war. I’d still accept his endorsement of Obama if he gave it, as long as he didn’t get any kind of important job in the Obama adminstration out of it.
No, the woman called Obama an Arab and McCain said no he wasn’t.
McCain also said Obama was a citizen and he respected
Senator Obama.
I endorse a war crimes trial at the Hague for Powell.
OT:
Now we have two election problems that are excuses (hope Obama margin is 20% and 70% of congress).
“Bradly effect”
Voter problems
The attacks are:
- poor people caused the meltdown of Billionairs and our country
- Acorn is having voter fraud
- Obama fathered a black child and is a terrorist arab.
Last stop:
- Obama listens to rap music…gasp!
- Obama is gay
I hope Bush doesn’t try this.
He can take the boat out with Fredo!!!!!
don’t miss Marlo Thomas in “That One”
Sounds as if someone has gotten the word to the old coot that he’s better tone it down. This has to be turning Rs away in droves – I don’t accept the premise that they are ALL nuts.
Hmm
now what does it say?
Hey, punaise!
Was that the sequal to “Politics First”?
McCain about Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxyYTGhk5l8
now what does it say
Paulson: a new way to give my friends money!
Ian’s up at the mothership
or The Flying None…